I usually attend the FoQ with my daughter. She first accompanied me when she was about 9 -ish. (She's 18 now)
She's never taken a particularly big interest in sewing but has been quite happy to tag along with me. She really likes the miniature quilts, and appreciates a clever design, good colours and the hard work which has been put into making them.
I'm training her well, and she has her own little fat quarter stash.
She sees pretty fabrics, fun prints, and buys it. That's my girl!
She also bought herself a kit, again from Euro Japan Links, which I never expected her to bother to make...ever.
This one's called 'Moonlight'.
Well, boredom kicked in and she has had a go.
She barely asked me for any advice and just got on with it.
The only thing she couldn't work out for herself was the binding, so I pinned it on and marked where she was to stitch up to...then re-pinned around the next side until she'd gone all the way round. She trimmed it all off and I've turned the binding over and pinned it.
She feels she simply can't hand stitch it onto the back...'Oh, I can't do neat little stitches like that'... so this is pinned for now.
I'm impressed by her neatly hand stitched clouds. I doubt if I'd have got them as good as that.
Sandra.
xxx